Pirates and mutineers of the nineteenth century
Subtitle: swashbucklers and swindlers
By: edited by Grace Moore
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Farnham, Surrey, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
ISBN-13: 9780754664338
Subjects: Pirates in literature; English literature; Pirates; Piracy; History and criticism; History
Description: This collection examines changes in the representation of the pirate from the beginning of the nineteenth century through the late Victorian period. Gone were the dangerous ruffians of the eighteenth-century novel and in their place emerged a set of brooding and lovable rogues, as exemplified by Byron's Corsair.... Linking the pirate's development as a literary figure with the history of piracy and the making of the modern state tells us much about race, class, and evolving gender relationships. While individual chapters examine key texts like Treasure Island, Dickens's 1857 'mutiny' story in Household Words, and Peter Pan, the collection as a whole interrogates the growth of pirate myths and folklore throughout the nineteenth century and the depiction of their nautical heirs in contemporary literature and culture.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-290) and index.